Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-25
WASHINGTON.
cojtinued rom INST pogc

'pJtltJiUtl rom ,HfN- iiby'.
on the state of work on Sabine Pass. A
! the end of the fiscal year there was SAL
| 05l available. The amount required 10
complete the work there is s. ,&3l ,25Q,
of which 500, Q00cOuld be probably spent
| the coming fiscal year; ST. 667 is available
| for NeuCes river and 5454G for Sabine
river. OF the latter Major Heuer says
there is deep enough channel for tie
very limited commerce of the river which
! is so small, and there is no peICeptib!e
increase, so it is not deemed necessary to
make any further improvement al present.
TEXAS POSTAL MOTHS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, July 2t-PostChice at
Clifford, Shelby county, has been disCon-
tinued. Special service changes in
Texas Coke, Wood county, from Quit
man, nine miles change, special supply Of
/ Coke to be from Wlnnsborough,instead OF
from Quitmsn, without change Of dis
lance; Heynville, Harrison county, from
Equality, three miles change, special sup
ply of Heynviile to De from Marshall,
fourteen miles instead of from Equality
TEXAS PENSIONS.
Special TO the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, July "A The following
Texas pensions were issued yesterday
Elizabeth, widow OF Robert S. Barnes,
Fowler; Catherine, widow of E5entIer
Wyckerhsm, PrattviIle; HELEN NJ, wild
ow OF Andrew J. Rice, San Antonio
Cynthia \ widow Of Wiley Horn, Post
Oaks; Martha L widow of Joseph Girls
sowa, E!gin; Jane Z widow OF Adam
j. Bennett, Hemphill; Elizabeth c.,
widow of William w. BUrrow, Hender
son; Miner, widow Of Daniel j. Cart
man, DeLeon.
Mexican war-B1bert Wills, DeTden;
August Schmidt, Fredericksburg; Anton
RJthermel, Bellville; Oliver II. Merony,
Austin; Alexander McCrary, Field Greek
Ward Jones, Centre City; John T. Eos
ter, Leesville; Samuel a Erwin, 1chua-
cana; John NJ. Goodwin, lancaster; John
A. Cook, Denton; Barton W. Alexander,
Black Jack Grove; Robert /. Huges,
Center; Joel II. Hondley, Jones Prairie;
Peter A. Halle, Nevste: Jesse Wiley,
WeXadaChie; Alfred j. WIllingham,
Breubam; Alexander D. WOLF, Dallas;
George il. Seward, independence.
EEIGADIKR- GENERAL DUNN DEAD.
WASHINGTON, July Brigadier-Gen
eTal William Mckee Dunn, United States
D
ersl, died 81 his country residence,
Maplewocd, Fairfax county, Virginia,
this morning in his seventy-second year.
lie was born on the l2th Of December,
1915, in Whist was then Indiana Territory.
lie received s classical education, grad
uating a. the Indiana State College in
lS@2 land at Yale III $50. He then
studied law and entered upon lis practice.
In -n s.f- ~ tat
House OF Representative gud
in 1850 was delegate 90 the
state constitutional convention He
was elected Representative from Indiana
to the TnTty-siXth Congress as s Reyub-
icsn, and was reelected to the Thirty
seventh Congress. He wG- defeated for
reelection to the Thirty e:gith Congress.
He served as aid on General MCClCllan's
staff 10 the first Virginia campaign. To
March, 1868, he wss commissioned as
major and Judge advocate of Jnited
States volunteers, and IN June, 1864, was
promoted TO be colonel and assistant
Judge advocate general in the rCgulsrgrmV.
He was elected grlgsdjer genera ID
March, 1865, for faithful meTitOrJOus
AMI distinguished services In 1850 he
was o delegate to the Philadelphia "L0v-
slists" convention, and on December !
1875, he was appointed Judge Advocate
General of the army With the rank OF
BrigadieT General. He held the office of
Judge Advocate General until Jauuary -,
1851, when he was placed on the retired
list, having passed the age Of siEty-twO.
MINERAL PRODUCTS
WASHINGTON, July 24-The total val
ne Of mineral products has increased in
q 4.Fyru, HsH IHH
TO $40, 600 600 IN 1856 An important
factor in this gain of $4,000, 900 vas the
Increased production Of pig iron from
Sl045,Oo0 long tons in 1855 to SOS. 600
long tons 10 SoG, aud The appreciation rs
cents in the average value per ton, max
ing q total gain of 0,+~50u0 ia this in
dustry alone. The total value of gold
produced in $50 was an increase OF So
100000 over 1855. The production Of
silver decreased from So 100000
in 1856 amounted TO lt0,G1~,0Q9
pounds, g decrease OF l0,2st,5 ~. pounds
from SIS. The total production Of lead
increased 20 $4,000 tons IN ls>.
In 1855 the production was l2t,oC.
tons. The production of white lead
in 1856 is estimated at 1000 short tons.
The total value OF oxides CT lead was
about Sl,l5&.0,0, The zinc p oducu0n
was 2,Gil short tons, an increase Of
1888 short tons over 1850. There are
preparations for further increase during
1887. Ia 1856 the production Of quick
silver in California was 10000 TASKS
This is a decrease Of 1000 TASKS, but
the total value shows an increase Of
SSO,Sll, due to the increase in prices.
The total production Of coke in issu was
d. -L 60 T,s
production ever reached in the Cntcd
States. The total production OF petro-
leum was ., lIO, 600 barrels Ct fOrty-two
gallons each, of which Pennsylvania and
New York fields produced $3.50 600 bar
rels, an increase Of POS, Oh barrels over
1855.